Managing the Council’s day-to-day operational functions.

Developing and managing new Working Groups, Special Interest Groups and Taskforces on technical matters.

Maintaining PCI Standards and all other Council technical work products.

The Management Committee is responsible for: It is comprised of participants from the Founding Members and Strategic Members and employees of the Council. The Management Committee drives activity across various work domains. The PCI SSC is led by a policy-setting Executive Committee composed of representatives from the Founding Members and Strategic Members.Ī Board of Advisors, representing and elected by Participating Organizations, provides input to the organization and feedback on the evolution of the PCI Standards.

Increase standards alignment and consistency of PCI Standards to minimize redundancy and support effective implementation.

This enables safe commerce in new and emerging card and card-based payment channels such as mobile and internet-of-things.

Secure emerging payment channels via development of PCI Standards and resources to support broader payment acceptance.

This ensures standards and resources that support and enable safe commerce and the flexibility to use different approaches to meet those standards.

Evolve security standards and validation programs to support a range of environments, technologies and methodologies for achieving security.

This ensures that standards and resources reflect and address industry needs and challenges.

Increase industry participation and knowledge in the PCI Standards development process and stakeholder support for standards implementation.

The four pillars of our strategic framework include: We achieve this with a strategic framework to guide our decision-making process and ensure that every initiative is aligned with our mission and supports the needs of the global payments industry. The PCI SSC mission is to enhance global payment account data security by developing standards and supporting services that drive education, awareness, and effective implementation by stakeholders.

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